According to Next Gen Personal Finance, a nonprofit that promotes financial literacy instruction and provides free curriculum and teacher training, half of all states have passed a requirement for ...

Math (il)literacy? Math literacy has been painted as a Mickey Mouse subject and portrayed as the soft option that lures students away from "real maths".

A financial-content specialist breaks down why the TikTok trend #girlmath is damaging to women's financial well-being.

MPs on Wednesday said ministers should introduce a financial literacy qualification to the curriculum under this drive to make maths compulsory for 16 to 18-year-olds.

Ageing populations do not help: the data suggest that numeracy and literacy peak at 30 or so. But even when these changes are accounted for, literacy scores in lots of countries are falling.